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Briefing with the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub
We are delighted to be co-hosting a briefing with the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub and other food system professionals tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 April 2025, from 13:00 – 14:30 BST (GMT+1), to discuss insights from our latest report: Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s Food Systems. It will provide a platform for policymakers,…
New technical paper – Emerging EU policy impacts on African food systems
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition has published a new technical paper by Koen Dekeyser from the European Centre for Development Policy Management, Emerging EU policy impacts on African food systems The paper describes how the interdependence between the EU’s and African food systems can deliver benefits for both sides, particularly…
The Panel’s latest Report – Launched by The Government of Malawi
The Government of Malawi today launched the Global Panel’s Report ‘ Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in African Food Systems’ in Lilongwe, Malawi. Funded by Irish Aid the Global Panel partnered with the Government of Malawi to explore how resilience to a range of threats and challenges could be built into its plans for food…
The Global Panel at Nutrition for Growth (N4G) 2025
The Global Panel is looking forward to attending the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) 2025 event in Paris this week, and is pleased to support the new Global Compact on Nutrition for Growth, published by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs will host the event between…
Impact Workshop on building resilience and enhancing nutrition in Africa’s food systems
The Lead Expert Group (LEG) for the Panel’s Resilience project participated in an online workshop on 19th March to discuss the implementation of recommendations made in the report Building resilience and enhancing nutrition in Africa’s food systems and to identify strategic priorities, opportunities and challenges for countries to focus on in the short-, medium-, and longer term.…
The 11th Annual Meeting of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition
The 11th Annual Meeting of the Global Panel was held on 17th February, 2025, focussing on the impact of the Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s Food Systems report and the importance of continued advocacy for food system resilience. Chair, Sir John Beddington, opened the meeting by welcoming members and congratulated colleagues on a…
The Global Panel at the Power of Foresight Workshop, hosted by Foresight4Food and UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
The Global Panel’s Director, Prof Sandy Thomas, joined other experts and practitioners at the Power of Foresight: Supporting Implementation of Food Systems Transformation Pathways workshop, held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome between the 30th and 31st of January 2025, to discuss how foresight can drive…
Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems, event at the House of Lords.
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition’s new report Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems, was discussed at an event hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture, at the House of Lords, Westminster. The event, attended by over over 40 distinguished science and policy experts featured contributions from:…
Launch of our latest report, Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems:
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition hosted a webinar on the 21st of January 2025 to launch its new report Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems. The event, attended by 150 participants, was chaired by Global Panel Chair, Sir John Beddington, and moderated by Panel members Dr.…
Launch of our new report, Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems.
21 January 2025 Join us on 21 January 2025 for the launch of our new report Building Resilience and Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems. With 28.9% of the world’s population (2.33 billion people) experiencing either moderate or severe food insecurity, ensuring universal access to adequate food and nutrition has become a global imperative. However,…